Clashes break out at Tripoli airport-Reuters witness

TRIPOLI, June 4 (Reuters) - Rival Libyan militia clashed at
Tripoli's international airport on Monday after an armed Libyan
brigade surrounded the airport and forced it to close, a Reuters
witness said.

Gunfire could be heard at the airport, a Reuters reporter at
the scene said, adding he could see men entering the airport
carrying rocket-propelled grenades.

Earlier gunmen from the al-Awfea brigade surrounded the
airport to secure the release of one of their leaders whom they
believed had been kidnapped and held there, a security official
said.
(Reporting by Ayman al-Sahli; Editing by Jon Boyle)